He’s an Alpha She doesn’t Care novel Chapter 56

Wynta

She walked through the office to hear several people whispering about her and Jared. Her eyes moved towards them, and they turned their eyes away, as if that would make it so she’d never heard them or knew it was them gossiping about her.

This was why she didn’t date anyone in the office. She didn’t like people talking about her behind her back, and though she worked as she always did. As she moved about the marketing floor, she saw people looking at her and whispering at times, and a part of her was glad she didn’t have wolfen hearing right that minute, to pick it all up.

As she walked into the break room at lunchtime, and she’d reached her limit of patience, she’d had more than enough of all the whispering going on, and knew she was going to take matters into her own hands. Regardless of the trouble it would cause Jared. She hated gossip, humans were just like cruel pack members at times, not all of them, but some of them just couldn’t hold their tongues, and had to put their unwarranted two cents worth in. Even when they didn’t know the facts.

She’d come in here to have lunch only to hear Rochelle, Jamie’s lead marketing specialist and her best buddy in the office, always one to gossip, just like Jamie herself had done. Stating, “I bet Wynta gets some big promotion soon, seeing as she’s sleeping with the boss’s son.”

Wynta had never once used her body to get a promotion up through any company that she worked for. It was not something she considered worth doing, hard work and recognition was all it took. Along with applying for a promotion the right way and being patient, not getting upset if someone else got the job and you didn’t. She believed one’s hard work paid off in the end.

She stopped walking and looked at Rochelle and the woman she was talking to. She didn’t even turn away, just kind of had a knowing smile on her face, she could see why she and Jamie got along, both of them vicious women. Though she had a feeling that Rochelle’s nastiness today came from her not getting Jamie’s job.

Wynta knew that Rochelle had applied for it, when Wynta had come into the office that morning, she’d read an email to state Tallah had gotten the job and would be promoted to the position of Marketing Supervisor. Then they asked that because she had been on Wynta’s team. Would Wynta mind helping her through the transition? That would be greatly appreciated. But at the same time, they asked her not to go and congratulate Tallah. The announcement would be made later in the day. Until then, she should keep the news to herself.

That one email had brightened her day, but now the brightness was sucked right out of her once more. Rochelle was, she thought, taking that unhappiness or anger or annoyance about her rejection, out on Wynta. When it was likely her own attitude towards the others on this floor had been picked up, and she wasn’t seen as supervisor material.

She knew that throughout the interview process, those doing the interview had called and spoken to the other members of their teams, as well as the supervisors, to see what the one’s applying for the job were like. She’d likely not gotten so good feedback.

As Rochelle stood staring at her, almost daring her to deny it, because they’d all seen the kiss that had happened yesterday and this was what came from it, the not so nice office gossip about her.

“Did any of you stop to consider that what happened in my office yesterday, was just some sick and twisted cruel joke played on me? That it was simply just a stupid bet between one smug wealthy asshole and his three friends to humiliate me. Look at me, do I look like his type to you?

“That maybe he’s just trying to see me step down and leave the company because I can stand up for myself, and not bow down to him, treat him just like any other person I’ve met, not like some god because he’s Edward Hayes‘ son, and everyone must worship the ground he walks on.

“That it’s just a sick game for Mr Jared Hayes. That this what you are all doing, talking about me behind my back, hell to my face now, is what he wants, to force me out. Because I wouldn’t just give him what he wanted and it hurt his ego.

“And yes, Rochelle, I do get along with Edward and all the CEOS, but so what is it a crime to have some friends? I also get along with his wife, all their wives. Did you ever stop to think that maybe his son Jared, who I’ve never met prior to that wedding, and which he put me out of his car in the middle of a storm, is out to humiliate me and nothing more? You lot are as cruel and just maybe, he’ll get his way and I’ll quit. Do you want my job, Rochelle?” she’d asked.

“I’ll not recommend you for it. I’ll tell them Camden is the better choice. I know who got Jamie’s job and who didn’t. I also know who applied for it. Do you think the CEOs of this company don’t know who gossips in their departments? They also know who works hard and who slacks off, who passes their work to others. Comes in late or leaves early, who works over time and who doesn’t.

“I could list off a dozen reasons why you didn’t get Jamie’s job, and this, right here,” she swept her arm around the room. “Is probably the number one reason. Your attitude towards the staff that work around you, and have to work with you at times. You’re too much like your predecessor is what they see, and didn’t she just get fired?” She stated and turned to leave.

“Yeah, over you,” Rochelle stated, challenging her.

“Over me,” Wynta stopped walking and looked right at her. “Are you certain about that? Because I never had anything to do with it. I believe Jamie was the one that leaked the company’s security system update, which left the company vulnerable to attack from outsiders. You might want to get your facts straight. Or you might just see HR looking for you.”

“Yes, go and call your lover and tell him I’m picking on you and get me fired.” Rochelle stated “That will just see me be right about you sleeping your way to the top. Everyone will see it and know I was dismissed unfairly.”

Wynta nodded. “You’ll not get my job when I quit.” She stated flatly and turned and walked away, pulled out her phone and texted Jared. “I just formally denied that relationship you’re portraying us to be in. Don’t bother coming near me, don’t you dare touch me in this office or outside of it.

“Just stay the hell away from me. I don’t need nor want to hear or have to deal with the,cruel gossip that is being spread about me, because you thought it was fun to kiss me like that, in front of everyone in my department. I will not play the game anymore. Ms Morgan.” And she turned her phone to silent.

She didn’t want to speak with anyone right now, just wanted to get out of the office, and she did have an excuse to do that. She could go and buy a nice congratulations cake for Tallah, for when that announcement came through. She could use the walk to the bakery a few blocks away to try and clear her head and calm down.

She picked up her handbag and walked through the marketing floor. She needed to get out of the office. She felt a hand on her and turned to see Tallah there, “Wynta, don’t quit over this, and we know you would never do that. We all saw the way that Mr Hayes kissed you, see the way he smiles when he comes from your office. He really likes you we know that.”

“No, he doesn’t, Tallah. What I said, about it being a game, that is all this is to him and nothing more. I am nothing to him, just something he thinks is fun to toy with,” she shook her head, “No one here gets it. I don’t want his attention, I never did. I just want for him to leave me the hell alone.

“Men like him are all the same, he’s no different to my ex, to be honest, doing whatever he likes, wherever he wants, uncaring of the consequences, because of who he is, who his father is, so he thinks he can get away with everything.” She turned and walked away and pressed the elevator button, and she knew she was right.

“Don’t quit Wynta, it’s just a few jealous people is all.” Tallah called out to her.

She took herself right out of the building and walked off down the street. She wanted to punch nearly everyone that she saw, but couldn’t. It wasn’t their fault, but Jared had done this to her, with just one kiss, and maybe she would just smack him one. Tell him to shove his head up his ass. A part of her did want to quit and just walk the hell away from it all. She even had the funds to do so now, had a nice lump sum all saved up.

Her long angry strides slowed down after just a block of being outside among strangers, where no one knew her or gossiped about her, and she could breathe easily once more. She let herself calm down. She did know that she was hot–headed and had that rogue mentality which could at times see her just lose it completely, over what seemed like small things.

But if she was an actual full–blooded she–wolf with a wolf and claws, it was very likely her own beast would have taken insult to those horrid words, and she’d have slapped Rochelle with her wolf behind her. Sometimes she really wished that she did just unleash all her temper on someone and get it out of her system, instead of always just sucking it up and walking away.

It was three blocks to that bakery, and she gradually calmed down, told herself she just needed a minute and had overreacted in the moment. She stopped and got herself a latte with a double shot of caramel. She needed the sugar hit, maybe her not eating lunch was part of the problem, and she had low blood sugar or something.

She ordered Tallah’s favorite chocolate gnash cake, and she picked up a small congratulations sign for the cake and had it placed on top before it was boxed up. She smiled at it as she paid for it. Hopefully, everything would go back to normal around her now and even if not, she couldn’t let the office gossip about herself, stop the happiness of Tallah getting that promotion. Tallah had worked hard for it and she deserved it.